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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1958
Page
2
C H Newton leaves Athens area after a weekend visit hosted by Vern H Vorhes and his daughter Dorothy. He will return to Charleston West Virginia to resume his travels and duties.
Sandra Jean Haag and Charles Hayden wed June 15 at Linden Heights Methodist Church Columbus. The bride daughter of Mrs. Haag 5473 Cleveland Ave and the late Mr Haag. The groom son of Mrs. Ethel Riley Nelsonville and the late Mr George Hayden. Principal vows read by Rev James A Walston.
The Mount St. Mary Hospital notice lists new births for families in Nelsonville and nearby towns including a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Carl Westerviller and a son for Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Bies. Admissions include Katherine Auflick and Clara Gleason, with several others noted, while dismissals mention Harold Vaughn Herman Ahle Theresa Campbell and Lora McGuire among others.
Garrett Ogg of New Plymouth Route 1 was fined $10 and costs in the Nelsonville court of Mayor Robert Rumlick for failure to yield the right of way.
President Charles L. Pancake says the York Township Democrat Club will not meet during the summer. The next gathering is scheduled for the fourth Friday in September in Nelsonville.
A square dance is set for Saturday from 9 to midnight at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3467 on Riverside Drive. The Twilighters Orchestra will provide music for members social members and invited guests.
Nelsonville's recreation commission voted to buy two scoreboards for Pee Wee and Little League baseball diamonds and to seek bids for lighting the shelter house at the athletic field. The board approved field insurance and the west end diamond to protect against injury from city employee negligence. Pool receipts were down due to a cold June. Rev. Ogden Ludlow resigned from the youth canteen committee and will relocate to Pennsylvania this summer.
Nelsonville plans July 4 events with swimming and track prizes. First place winners receive silver dollars donated by the Nelsonville Volunteer Fire Department. Participants must register at the swimming pool. fireworks will light up the night courtesy of Sylvania Electric Co Brooks Shoe Co Volunteer Firemen and the Nelsonville Board of Trade.
A civil service examination will be held June 30 at 7 p m in the city building to establish an eligibility list for policemen and firemen. Application blanks are available at the city building with a $1 fee. No current vacancies exist, but future replacements will be taken from the civil service approved list.
NELSONVILLE in case of rain the monthly pack meeting of Cub Pack 64 will be held in the basement of the First Methodist Church. The meeting is a family picnic at the city park with games at 6 p m and dinner at 7 p m. Attendees are asked to bring sandwiches a drink and table service plus a covered dish.
The Catholic Women's Club of St. Andrew's Parish will hold a rummage sale Saturday in the Parish Hall. The sale begins at 8 a.m. Donors are asked to bring articles Friday to the hall.
Local women attended the Women’s Society of Christian Service Conference in Rio Grande. Local families reported visits and kinship ties including James Dee Hunt enlisting with the Marines in California and relatives visiting in Chicago Apple Grove and Mason.
Dora Isa belle Betts 84 of Albany Route 1 died at home Wednesday. She was a former Chauncey resident wife of James William Betts. Survived by four daughters Charity Walton Mae Bartlett Pearl Atwood Lena Koon and son Thomas H Betts one brother James Dean. Funeral Friday 2 p.m. Wrightsel funeral home Rev Frank Roddy. Burial Ridgewood Cemetery Wellston.
A large new liars bench sits in front of Central School in Nelsonville Public Square donated by Backus Lumber Co. The previous bench, aided by Harold Forest and Snap Coakley, also remains for locals from Nelsonville Athens and Logan.
The Indian Brave reading club met in the Nelsonville Public Library on Monday. Games were played and Mrs. J. Frisby told a story about a man who sold his wife. Members chose books to read the following week and then were dismissed.
Organized Labor of the Hocking Valley will meet Saturday at 7 30 p m in the Shoeworkers Hall above Foster s Pharmacy Nelson The group includes AFL-CIO Central Labor Council United Mine Workers Railway Brotherhoods and local members The group opposes right to work legislation banning the union shop Charles L Pancake is chairman.
Japan adopts U S inspired noise abatement rules to curb horn honking and city noise. Three hundred Tokyo motorcycle policemen now carry noise measuring meters to enforce the program.
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